The country’s leading heroin dealers have offered their distribution networks for the swine flu vaccination programme in the event that the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) fail to reach agreement on rolling out the vaccinations.
A HSE source acknowledged that contingency plans were in place in case GPs refuse to give the vaccinations but said the heroin distribution networks were a long shot.
“You have to admit these guys do a great job of getting the drugs out there. They are reaching into every nook and cranny in the country and from a logistics point of view you have to admire that. However, we’d be a bit wary of a public backlash if we worked with them,” he said.
The source said a meeting between the HSE and IMO had been positive and that other contingency plans might also be available if the IMO pull out of the programme. “Obviously, it is good to know the smack guys are there if we need them but we are optimistic that that won’t be the case,” he said.
“Eh…it’s up to them like…we can get any drug anywhere if they want us to…ya know what I mean bud,” a heroin dealer said.
